Terrifier 2 (2022)

The newest film on this list, Terrifier 2 continues the misadventures of the repulsive Art the Clown by taking every killing scene much, much, much further than it needs to go. It’s a tough watch even for people who love horror movies.

Damien Leone’s sequel to 2016’s Terrifier was also a triumph of marketing — it earned more than $15 million on a $250,000 budget thanks to shocked word-of-mouth and stunned news coverage of audiences getting sick and passing out in theaters. The kind of publicity you can’t buy.